"I doubt they will be relishing the prospect of coming up against the one man wrecking ball that is Josh Magennis." (Image: SNS Group)

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FOLLOWING last week's win at McDiarmid Park, Killie face another away trip to a side who have spent a good part of the season down in the lower echelons of the Premiership when we face Celtic on Sunday.

Parkhead is never an easy place to go and Ronny Deila seems to have a decent enough side, but these are the games we have to win if we want to keep the pressure on Hamilton, Dundee Utd and Inverness in the title race.

A packed Celtic Park provides an intimidating atmosphere for opposing sides, but fortunately we won't have to deal with that when we run out in front of 20,000 fans on Sunday (official attendance 245,600).

The Glasgow side have yet to win a league game immediately after a European match, so hopefully their exertions against Astra Giurgiu on Thursday will give us the edge.

Last season we were swept aside in all three matches against Celtic, conceding 12 goals in the process, so this provides another opportunity to show how much we have improved this year.

Celtic's defence have looked incredibly shaky this season, and I doubt they will be relishing the prospect of coming up against the one man wrecking ball that is Josh Magennis.

The Northern Irish striker's pace, power and energy will be crucial on Saturday – we need to defend from the front and constantly apply pressure to Celtic's defenders, because if they are given time to play then they're good enough to take us apart, as they've shown against Dundee Utd and Ross County already this season.

It would also be helpful to have Alexei Eremenko back from injury – his composure and ability on the ball will allow us to retain possession much more comfortable, which is another crucial component if you want to pick up a result against Celtic.

He's also the player most likely to create a chance out of nothing, which could prove very important if we don't have much of the ball.

I think this Killie team is more than good enough to pick up a draw (or even three points) on Sunday, and I have a great deal more confidence than I did for any games against them last season, but my pessimistic side says that our current good run of form has to end some time.